Tire cover



July 18, 1933- T. J. MCCORMICK TIRE COVER Original Filed Oct. 21,

INVENTOR /zwqwrxzkl BY W A TTORNE i Patent d July s, 1933' a l-rii es iii ciimck, ET O TE'M HGM:1 f l 1-)- This "invention' relat'es to" tirelcover's and.

more particularly to coverslmade of metal which is adapted ,to be polished, platedgor otherwise ornamented if desired; An object of this invention is a tire cover including a receptacle portion and a coverportion secured thereto 'by bolts, the cover portion being telescoped "within the; recep tacle portion andthebolts being secured to, the interior of the receptacle on a line below 7 the lower ed e of the cover portion. i I Further, i desired,"spacing' bosses corre- 1 spending in number to the number of .bolts used, may .be'provided on the cover, the bosses having flat surfaces forming seats for-the nuts usedwith thebolts, e j Further objects will readily occur to those i skilled in the art upon reference to the following description and thefollowing descri'p '20 tion of the accompanying drawing in which Fig. 1 is an elevation view of the cover. Fig. 2 is 'a section as if on the line 22 of g v j w H As indicatedon the drawing, the top cover. includes a receptacle portion 10 having a circular wall 12 and an annular vwall 14. Dis; posed within the receptacle portlon and secured to the vwall 14 by welding, riveting or the like, are bolts 16, these last having flat- .vided with a numberof spaced bosses 26 each of which is provided with a flat seat-I28 hav-' ing a perforation therein thru which the 40 bolts 16 are adapted to project. Nuts are threaded on the free ends of the bolts 'after lthe coveris .telescoped into the receptacle and the lower surface of thenut rests upon the flat nut seats 28 of the bosses 26} Afeature of the invention is the, proper dimensioning of the receptacle and the cover, I g

.the free edge of the annular walli of said 'coverbeingspaced from thepoints, at which? n l the bolts are secured tothe'rec eptaclewall o f when the cover is initsfinalcovering posi-f 1 7 .Asshown the annular wall of the cover is so narrow that when the cover is telescoped into the receptacle, the loweredge 36 of thecover is disposed 'a'substantial distanceabove the.

bolte -whereby they loweredge the bolts, thus eliminating the marringof V j r the cover by the bolts,,thedislodge'ment of nv the bolts from the receptacle and theiloosen ing of the cover vwhen it "is applied to a tire r such as the one shown M340;

It willbe"observed' that ther-ehas been pfvided a complete tire cover including only'jf f v a receptacle portion, a cover portiomand means for securing them both in mutually Q 1 telescoped relation. n j Now having described-the invention and g the preferred embodiment thereof, it istobe'.

understood that the said invention isto be v 1 limited, not to the specific cletailshereinset forth, but only by the scope .of the claims :which follow: 1 m

1, A tire cover including a receptacle hav ing aciroular base and an outer Wall, and a,

cover telescoping thereon and having a cir- 7, F

cular topand an annular'outer-wall disposed w'ithin the outer wall'of the receptacle,-said receptacle having interiorly disposed boltssecured to the inside of said outerwall and projecting thru the circular top of the cover; l

2. A tire cover including ai eceptaclehaving-{a circular base and an outer wall, and a, v i

cover telescoping thereon and having a cir-.

culartop and anannular outer wall disposed within the outer wall of there ceptacle, said receptaclehaving interiorlydisposedbolts j he secured to the inside of'said outer walliand projecting thru thecircular top of theQcover,

the free edge of the, annillar wall of said i cover being spaced from thepointsat which"? the bolts are secured to th-e receptacleiwall' 1 when the cover is in its finalcovering-posi' tion. .f 3. A tire cover including areceptacle hav- 1 ing a circular base and anfoiiter wall, a d n a cover telescoping thereonand having'a circular top and an annularv outer walldispos'ed 1 withi-ntthe outer wall of the receptacle, said Q receptacle;l1aving:interiorly'disposedb lt secured to the inside of saidouter-wall and 3,? Y

projecting thru the circular top ,of the cover, I

- tion, the circular top ofthe cover being pro- .vided With raised portions 'thru' which project the bolts and which form seats for nuts threaded on said bolts. 1

4. A cover for lnOtOlfVGlllCll-Z tires inclnding a pluralityofannular sections adapted to .be fitted together around said tire, and con,-

formingto the shapeof the tire, elongated members Whose inner ends are attached to the nside of-one sectlon and Whose free ends are fitted through bearings in the other section, and means on said'free ends for retainingjsaid sections. in assembled relation.

portion, the semi-tread portions .of-the sections being relatively 'telescoped to form a, complete :tire cover with an edge part of the front section overlapping an edge part of the i rear section, and means for-inaintaining the sections in assembly, said means being peripherally spaced and includingpartsrelatit ely adjustable in a directioniparallel to the central axis of the cover, the means be ing disposed at least partially inside of and d secured :-to the semi-tread portion of the frqntsection, and engaging behind the rear tread portion of the rear section.

surface ofthe semi-tread portion of the rear sectiomthe means extendingacross the semi- 1 moms J-,,MQGOBMICK 

